Didn't totally follow that, but I guess it is an expression of disapproval towards the monarchy. Blah blah Ole King George III blah etc.
Still, as a mechanism for ensuring continuity in a time of constitutional change, having an otherwise powerless hereditary monarch has some advantages.
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- Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:52 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: UK constitutional reform
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2006
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 11:27 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: UK constitutional reform
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2006
Re: UK constitutional reform
We have a Queen, and I vaguely remember being told in civics classes in high school that her role was to safeguard the constitution. I still wonder if she could play that role, for example by refusing to sign constitutional amendments into law unless they have been ratified by a referendum. The migh...
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 8:04 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: UK constitutional reform
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2006
Re: UK constitutional reform
Having said which, here is something I was recently told by Prof. Matt Qvortrup, a constitutional expert who is also our "Philosophy Shorts" columnist in Philosophy Now. I may have the details wrong - any misunderstanding is down to me - but I think he said that one feature of the UK syste...
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 7:56 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: UK constitutional reform
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2006
Re: UK constitutional reform
Do you mean like a Bill of Rights? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_rights The list on this page for Bills of Rights in different countries includes the 1689 Bill of Rights Act (England) and 1689 Claim of Right Act (Scotland) as well as the Human Rights Act of 1998, which incorporates the right...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 9:05 pm
- Forum: Political Philosophy
- Topic: UK constitutional reform
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2006
UK constitutional reform
Many historical philosophers had an interest in constitutions, and it's a longstanding aspect of political philosophy. For instance, Plato and Aristotle considered the relative advantages and disadvantages of different forms of government. Aristotle and his students allegedly wrote descriptions of m...
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 8:47 pm
- Forum: About this Forum
- Topic: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 225
- Views: 162237
Re: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
You are very welcome! I blush. Most of the hard work on the forum is done my AMod and iMod.
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:17 am
- Forum: About this Forum
- Topic: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 225
- Views: 162237
Re: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
1. Please put at least a limit on how many THREAD topics people can post - perhaps per month. Way too many morons R starting self-obsessed threads. 2. What happened to the Environment topic suggestion - pull yer finger out! I think an environmental philosophy forum would be a good idea for a philos...
- Fri Oct 23, 2020 1:51 pm
- Forum: About this Forum
- Topic: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 225
- Views: 162237
Re: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
I suggest that you discontinue this forum if it's not being used or actively moderated. Agree, the forum is a total disgrace (which suggests the magazine might be as well). That's hilarious, Atla. You've made almost 3,000 posts on this forum despite it being a "total disgrace" and apparen...
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 11:29 pm
- Forum: About this Forum
- Topic: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 225
- Views: 162237
Re: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
Sorry I've not been around for a bit. Anyway, AMod and iMod and I all agree that a discussion area for the environment is a good idea - thanks - so we'll go ahead and set one up shortly. Yes... was going to delete your "dumb Americans" thread but I like that one post by Luxin in the thread...
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:21 pm
- Forum: About this Forum
- Topic: Philosophy Now Forum Suggestions Box
- Replies: 225
- Views: 162237
Re: Environment Discussion
Hi Rick Any chance we could get a dedicated discussion area for the environment? Mankind is facing possibly its greatest challenge to date with its impact on the place we all call home. Discussion suggestions could include:- Population growth, Capitalist system and it's ethics\responsibility, Polit...
- Tue Aug 04, 2020 1:58 pm
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Grandaddy's Gun
- Replies: 108
- Views: 18759
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:34 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Happy Birthday America
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4677
Re: Happy Birthday America
yes, as an American ignoramous. i have noted via YT docs that your NI parlement has not conveined in like - how many years now? why not? i do not understand. NI parlement building is pretty! does it just stand there empty for the last decade? (i assume there are janitors to keep the building clean ...
- Sun Jul 12, 2020 1:26 am
- Forum: The Lounge
- Topic: Has Britain Become a Territory?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2269
Re: Has Britain Become a Territory?
Gaffo, I definitely think you should write your posting up as a full-length article and send it to The Guardian newspaper. They would almost certainly publish it and it shows greater insight and analysis than most of their Brexit coverage.
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 4:33 pm
- Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
- Topic: Those Who Justify Genocide
- Replies: 69
- Views: 14667
Re: Those Who Justify Genocide
As Wikipedia has it, the human sex ratio in the Arabian Peninsula is within the normal/natural range at 1.05. The gender imbalance in the Arabian peninsula has absolutely nothing to do with infanticide. If you had taken seriously my previous advice to you of studying seriously, you would have known...
- Sat Jul 11, 2020 3:02 pm
- Forum: About the Magazine
- Topic: Issue 138?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7705
Re: Issue 138?
Hi guys Hope you like Issue 138. For those who haven't seen it yet, it has a theme of religion, secularism and society. It also has three articles relating if different ways to the pandemic. (One on Camus's famous novel "The Plague", one on Thoreau and social distancing, and Ray Tallis's c...